Taiwan ranked 11th in global mobile data speeds
2017/03/02
Taiwan ranks 11th globally in mobile data speeds, highlighting the nation’s advanced wireless internet infrastructure, according to the latest Global State of Mobile Networks report compiled by U.K.-based analysis firm OpenSignal.
In the survey, Taiwan recorded an average download speed of 20.49 megabits per second. This placed it fourth in Asia behind South Korea, Singapore and Japan.
South Korea topped the OpenSignal list, delivering a typical mobile data download speed of 37.5 Mbps. The other countries in the top 10 are Norway, Hungary, Singapore, Australia, Netherlands, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden and Japan, in that order.
The U.K. mobile data company said that speeds have been improving steadily at the top of its list, noting that the number of countries breaking the 20 Mbps barrier has risen to 13 in its latest report compared to nine in the previous edition released in August last year.
OpenSignal crowdsources its data from more than 1 million people worldwide who have downloaded its app. The latest survey draws on 19 billion samples collected between Nov. 1, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017, to analyze network performance in 87 countries globally.
In recent years, the number of internet subscribers in Taiwan has been increasing steadily due to the growing availability of high-speed services. According to the National Communications Commission, the number of cable broadband subscribers—those using cable modems, digital subscriber lines, leased lines or optical fiber to go online—totaled 5.69 million as of January this year.
The NCC statistics also show that the number of wireless internet subscribers had surpassed 22 million by this January. This figure included more than 18.4 million 4G subscribers, a significant increase from the total of 12.2 million in January 2015. The number of 4G, or fourth-generation, subscriptions is expected to reach 28 million by 2018, the NCC said.
Source: Taiwan Today (http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10&post=112019)
